Ulcerative Colitis of the Appendix (‘Ulcerative Appendicitis’) Mimicking Acute Appendicitis
Appendiceal involvement in ulcerative colitis may occur in the setting of either diffuse or distal disease, and is usually diagnosed incidentally at the time of proctocolectomy. The present patient had a rare case of 'ulcerative appendicitis' occurring on a background of clinical...
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| description | Appendiceal involvement in ulcerative colitis may occur in the setting of either diffuse or distal disease, and is usually diagnosed incidentally at the time of proctocolectomy. The present patient had a rare case of 'ulcerative appendicitis' occurring on a background of clinically quiescent ulcerative colitis, and presented with the signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eaf59c1d84844f208115c5232b5453c32025-02-03T05:50:22ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002001-01-0115320120410.1155/2001/340984Ulcerative Colitis of the Appendix (‘Ulcerative Appendicitis’) Mimicking Acute AppendicitisLR Barclay0WT Depew1KK Taguchi2DJ Hurlbut3Department of Medicine, Queen’s University at Kingston, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Queen’s University at Kingston, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Surgery, Queen’s University at Kingston, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Pathology, Queen’s University at Kingston, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaAppendiceal involvement in ulcerative colitis may occur in the setting of either diffuse or distal disease, and is usually diagnosed incidentally at the time of proctocolectomy. The present patient had a rare case of 'ulcerative appendicitis' occurring on a background of clinically quiescent ulcerative colitis, and presented with the signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/340984 |
| spellingShingle | LR Barclay WT Depew KK Taguchi DJ Hurlbut Ulcerative Colitis of the Appendix (‘Ulcerative Appendicitis’) Mimicking Acute Appendicitis Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Ulcerative Colitis of the Appendix (‘Ulcerative Appendicitis’) Mimicking Acute Appendicitis |
| title_full | Ulcerative Colitis of the Appendix (‘Ulcerative Appendicitis’) Mimicking Acute Appendicitis |
| title_fullStr | Ulcerative Colitis of the Appendix (‘Ulcerative Appendicitis’) Mimicking Acute Appendicitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ulcerative Colitis of the Appendix (‘Ulcerative Appendicitis’) Mimicking Acute Appendicitis |
| title_short | Ulcerative Colitis of the Appendix (‘Ulcerative Appendicitis’) Mimicking Acute Appendicitis |
| title_sort | ulcerative colitis of the appendix ulcerative appendicitis mimicking acute appendicitis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/340984 |
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